From Russia with concern: Cisco's audits raised red flags about resellers

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a series of audits in 2009, Cisco Systems Inc found that much of the business between resellers of its products and a Russian state-owned telecommunications company, Svyazinvest, could not be verified because it was either "misrepresented" or documents were withheld by the resellers, according to an executive summary of the audits reviewed by Reuters.